Armistice talk and European dispatches from 18th century papers
Reports from Peterborough and Warsaw note peace talks with the Porte and a potential lasting settlement mediated by Vienna and Berlin. Descriptions cover earthquakes in Kola, a disease in Jaffa, Prussian command shifts in Great Poland, a coronation date in Stockholm, and a siege near Cracow with ration cuts. Additional items include a Russian port detachment capture near Weltznic, a Russian Ottoman armistice, and Paris market sales of a Duke’s art collection.
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Kola
Warsaw
Jaffy
Great Poland
Anhault
Stockholm
Grand Commission
Sieurs
Uldahl
Bang
de Struensee
Brandt
Paris
Duke de Choiseul
Duke d’Aiguillon
Countess of Barry
Russia
Riots and Jesuits in Suffolk outlined in April letter
An April 21 letter from Lavingham Suffolk to Weaver Spitalfields describes widespread unrest with arrests and fears of a plotted conspiracy beyond food shortages. It notes foreigners suspected of Jesuit influence, growth of mass houses, and public Romish services in St Edmund's Bury. Local gentry form groups to quell rioters to restore trade lines. Additionally an April 23 Portsmouth letter reports Capt Fenton of the old Buffs dying after a stroke on Gosport walk, his burial with regimental honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country News
Lavingham
Suffolk
Weaver
Spitalfields
Essex
Norfolk
St. Edmund’s Bury
Church of England
Portsmouth
Fenton
Gosport
Bedford
Naval dispatches from Plymouth and Dover April 24
A Plymouth letter notes British ships Albion Torbay and Somerset ready to sail for the Dewts to join Sir Charles Hardy's fleet but countermanded. John and William from London for Quebec return to harbor after a leak. Deal April 23 reports arrivals and sailings to the River and various ports with wind northeast and no ships in the Downs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Albion
Torbay
Somerset
Southampton
Dewts
Charles Hardy
John
William
Kirby
London
Quebéc
Deal
Friendship
Prichard
Moore
Ditto
Friends Goodwill
Pavin
Dublin
Milford
Fly
Richards
Dolphin
Barter
Cork
Pool
London Letter Highlights Royal Court and Port Updates
Extracted news from Copenhagen and London covers royal visits and court expenditures, prisoner cases, and fleet activity. It notes Queen Carolina Matilda’s divorce rumor, a 60 person royal household at 40 000 dollars, new ships Dannebrog and Holstein, harbor cleaning machine, Ke w summer preparations, and parliamentary sessions.
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Copenhagen
Robert Keith
Cronenburgh
Carolina Matilda
London
Roth
Struenfee
Brandt
Vivar
Ulcah
Bang
Houshold
Prince Frederick
Dannebrog
Holstein
Altona
Halborg
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Holland
France
Richmond
Queen’s Palace
Kew
Ireland
Charles the Second
Lisbon
Brazil
Portugal
Braganza
Hanch
Duke of Northumberland
Middlesex
Westminster
Hounslow
Edmonton
Uxbridge
Guildhall
James Hodges
Francis Ellis
William Bingley
Deputy Ellis
Ellis
James
Jeave
William Beckford
Thames
Battersea
Hon. Society of Antigallicans
Ship Tavern
Ratcliff-cross
Stepney Church
Entick
Mile End
Alderman Crosby
Wilkes
Joseph Manley
General Burgoyne
Light Dragoons
Elliot
St. James’s
Lincolnshire
East Indies
Newfoundland
Woolwich
Coromandel
Labrador
Senegal
Koningsburg
Amsterdam
Baltic
Collins, Brown
Firth of Forth
Hamburgh
Jutland
Halleen
St. Domingo
Royan
Falmouth
Commedian
Vernon
Weston
Thomas Theobald
Philip Page
Penenden Heath
Kent
Tunbridge Mail
Theobald
Tunbridge
Page
Thomas Hanscomb
Alexander Clubb
Robert
Richard Day
Maidstane Assizes
Kennington Common
Thomas Robinson
William Lovell
Mary Magdalen
Southwark
St. Sepulchre’s
Fleetmarket
Tower Ward
Thames-street
Poultry Compter
Robinson
Museum of the Royal Society
King’s Bench
Shuter
Ned
Watts
Earl Tyrconnel
Frances Manners
Marquis of
Angel
Gerrard-street
Soho
Plemer
Toley-slreet
Icu
Lurry
Hertford
Cambridge
Huntingdon
Northampton
Rutland
Leicester
Nottingham
Derby
Stafford St
Hereford Salop
Ery
Il I
Worcester
Ely
Warwick
Glouceste
Wilthire
Serks
Oxford
Esex
Lincoln
York
Durham
Northumberland
St Cumberland
Westmorland
Lancashire
Cheflure
Monmouth
Semerte
Devon
Cornwall
Detet
Hampshire
Sussex
North Wales
South Wales
Scotland
Tes of
Ftrsidinents
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